Canada advancing its ‘middle power’ strategy with new trade deals, Anand says

Canada is making rapid
progress in diversifying its trade and security ties around the
world with a goal of doubling its non-US trade in the next
decade, Foreign Minister Anita Anand said on Saturday, as Ottawa
emphasizes trust in building new relationships outside North
America.
Anand spoke with Reuters on the sidelines of a US-hosted
meeting of foreign ministers from the Group of 20 major
economies, where the participation of Russian Foreign Minister
Sergei Lavrov exposed deep rifts troubling the grouping.
A critic of Lavrov’s participation, Anand said the meeting
helped to illustrate the transformed, ruptured nature of the
international order, and underscored the need for new
approaches, groupings, alliances and partnerships.
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has vowed to double
Canada’s non-US trade over the next decade as President Donald